A drive power distribution control section calculates an engaging torque of clutch means including an input torque sensitive transfer torque, a steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque, and a tack-in prevention transfer torque. The input torque sensitive transfer torque is estimated by using respective time constants corresponding to an increasing or decreasing of the engine torque. Also, when the input torque is large, a variation of the input torque sensitive transfer torque is increased. The steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque is corrected by an yaw moment according to an vehicle slip angular velocity, and an upper limit is set on the variation of the yaw moment per time.
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1. A front and rear drive power distribution control device for a vehicle, comprising:
clutch means for varying a drive power distribution between front and rear wheels;
torque calculating means for calculating an engaging torque of the clutch means according to at least an input torque transmitted from an engine to the clutch means; and
control means for controlling the clutch means on the basis of at least the engaging torque calculated by the torque calculating means,
wherein the torque calculating means sets the engaging torque of the clutch means and has a higher degree of increased engagement torque value variation when the input torque is at a first value as compared to when the input torque is at a lower value than said first value.
13. A front and rear drive power distribution control device for a vehicle, comprising:
clutch means for varying a drive power distribution between front and rear wheels;
first torque calculating means for calculating a first engaging torque of the clutch means according to an input torque from an engine;
second torque calculating means for estimating a yaw moment added to the vehicle and calculating a second engaging torque of the clutch means according to the yaw moment; and
control means for controlling the clutch means based on at least the first engaging torque and the second engaging torque,
wherein the second torque calculating means corrects the yaw moment according to a vehicle slip angular velocity, and sets an upper limit on a variation of the yaw moment per time.
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tack-in prevention torque calculating means for calculating an additional engaging torque for preventing a tack-in phenomenon of the vehicle when an accelerator opening degree is at zero,
wherein the control means controls the clutch means based on at least the engaging torque calculated by the torque calculating means and the additional engaging torque calculated by the tack-in prevention torque calculating means.
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tack-in prevention torque calculating means for calculating an additional engaging torque for preventing a tack-in phenomenon of the vehicle when accelerator opening degree is at zero,
wherein the control means controls the clutch means based on at least the engaging torque calculated by the torque calculating means and the additional engaging torque calculated by the tack-in prevention torque calculating means.
9. The front and rear drive power distribution control device for the vehicle as disclosed in
tack-in prevention torque calculating means for calculating an additional engaging torque for preventing a tack-in phenomenon of the vehicle when an accelerator opening degree is at zero,
wherein the control means controls the clutch means based on at least the engaging torque calculated by the torque calculating means and the additional engaging torque calculated by the tack-in prevention torque calculating means.
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This application claims benefit of Japanese Application No. 2005-171558 filed on Jun. 10, 2005, and No. 2005-171559 filed on Jun. 10, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a front and rear drive power distribution control device for a vehicle, for controlling drive power distribution between front and rear wheels.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, as a front and rear drive power distribution control device for controlling drive power distribution between front and rear wheels of a vehicle using clutch means, various methods are known for carrying out appropriate setting of engaging force of the clutch means according to input torque from an engine.
For example, Japanese patent laid-open No. 2002-127772 discloses technology for calculating torque sensitive torque constituting engaging torque of the clutch means by correcting input torque from an engine using vehicle speed, steering wheel angle, road surface μ (coefficient of friction on a road) etc.
However, in the technology for calculating torque sensitive torque disclosed in Japanese patent laid-open No. 2002-127772, if input torque from the engine is large, the torque sensitive torque is set correspondingly large, but if the torque sensitive torque is set in a linear manner with respect to the input torque from the engine, there is a danger that torque sensitive torque in a region where drive torque is large and redundant torque for each wheel is large will be insufficient. If input torque estimate is also set without taking into consideration response characteristic of the engine torque with respect to accelerator operation, there is a problem particularly with an engine with a supercharger, that estimation precision is low. If torque sensitive torque is added first, before reaching a slip state for each wheel in response to the accelerator operation, there is the possibility of a problem arising where differential motion for each wheel is inhibited by the clutch means and it is not possible to exert sufficient cornering. Further, when using a calculated road surface μ value as a corrected value, the response is delayed, and it is necessary to prepare a map according to road surface μ value, which complicates control.
On the other hand, as a front and rear wheel drive power distribution control device, there are devices in which yaw moment required for control is calculated and a control value is set according to this calculated yaw moment. With this type of front and rear wheel drive power distribution control device for controlling according to yaw moment, that is with a device that adopts steering angle feed forward control and yaw rate feed back control, it is effective for improving driving performance traveling on a high μ road, but when traveling on a low μ road an excessive turning moment is added, and there is a danger of the vehicle's tendency to spin being increased.
Differing from the above described front and rear drive power distribution control devices for controlling according to a yaw moment value, various devices have also been proposed for controlling front and rear drive power distribution by setting a control amount according to the road surface μ, such as is described, for example, in Japanese patent laid-open No. Hei. 11-59216.
With the technology disclosed in Japanese patent laid-open No. Hei. 11-59216, it is possible to execute optimum drive power distribution control not only for high μ roads but also for low μ roads. However, there is a delay in the responsiveness due to road surface μ estimation, and there is a problem that it is not possible to handle a rapidly changing road surface with good response. By adding other parameters such as lateral acceleration etc. as control factors, to the above described steering angle feed forward control and yaw rate feed back control, it is possible to consider prevention of steady turning moment on a low μ surface. However, in this case, an excessive turning moment is added when commencing steering with a low lateral acceleration and when the vehicle is showing a tendency to spin, and there is a danger of insufficient stability when high speed traveling on a low μ road etc.
The present invention has been conceived in view of the above-described situation, and a first object of the invention is to provide a front and rear drive power distribution control device for a vehicle that is a simple configuration and is not dependent of a road surface μ value, and that can perform optimum drive power distribution with an appropriate operation even with accelerator operation, without resulting in insufficient torque sensitive torque in a region redundant torque for each wheel having large torque. A second object of the invention is to provide a front and rear drive power distribution control device for a vehicle that can optimally handle not only high μ roads but also low μ roads and roads that suddenly change in μ with good response and in a stable manner, and can perform front and rear drive power distribution having good precision while reliably preventing a turning moment being unnecessarily added in situations where the vehicle in unstable or transitional.
A front and rear drive power distribution control device for a vehicle of the present invention comprises: clutch means for varying drive power distribution between front and rear wheels; input torque sensitive torque calculating means for calculating engaging torque of the clutch means according to input torque from at least an engine; and control means for controlling the clutch means on the basis of at least the engaging torque calculated by the input torque sensitive torque calculating means, wherein the input torque sensitive torque calculating means sets an amount of variation in engaging torque with respect to the input torque from the engine to a larger value in a region where input torque from the engine is large than in a region where input torque from the engine is small.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more clearly understood from the following description referring to the accompanying drawings.
One embodiment of the present invention will be described in the following based on
In
Further, drive power transmitted to the transfer 3 is input on the one hand to a rear wheel final reduction unit 7 by way of a rear drive shaft 4, propeller shaft 5 and drive pinion shaft section 6, and input to a front wheel final reduction unit 11 by way of a reduction drive gear 8, reduction driven gear 9, and front drive shaft 10 constituting the drive pinion shaft section. Here, the automatic transmission 2, transfer 3 and front wheel final reduction unit 11 etc. are provided integrally inside a case 12.
Also, the drive power input to the rear wheel final reduction unit 7 is transmitted to a rear left wheel 14rl via a rear wheel left drive shaft 13rl, and transmitted to a rear right wheel 14rr via a rear wheel right drive shaft 13rr.
On the other hand, the drive power input to the front wheel final reduction unit 11 is transmitted to a front left wheel 14fl via a front wheel left drive shaft 13fl, and transmitted to a front right wheel 14fr via a front wheel right drive shaft 13fr.
The transfer 3 is comprised of a wet-type multiple disc clutch (transfer clutch) 15 as a variable capacity torque transmission type clutch (clutch means) formed by mutually superimposing drive plates 15a provided at a reduction drive gear 8 side, and driven plates 15b provided at the rear drive shaft 4 side, and a transfer piston 16 for variably supplying engaging force (transfer torque: engaging torque) of the transfer clutch 15.
Accordingly, controlling transfer torque of the transfer clutch 15 by controlling pressing force against the transfer piston 16 provides a four-wheel drive vehicle of front engine/front wheel drive base (FF base) capable of varying torque distribution ratio between front wheels and rear wheels from, for example, 100:0 to 50:50.
Also, pressing force of the transfer piston 16 is operated to a transfer clutch drive section 31 constituting hydraulic circuits having a plurality of solenoid valves. Control signals (signals output according to transfer torque to the solenoid valves) for driving the transfer clutch drive section 31 are output from a drive power distribution control section 30, which will be described later.
The vehicle is provided with sensor types for detecting parameters required for drive power distribution control executed as will be described later by the drive power distribution control section 30. Specifically, vehicle wheel speeds ωfl, ωfr, ωrl, ωrr for each of the vehicle wheels 14fl, 14fr, 14rl, 14rr are detected by vehicle wheel sensors 21fl, 21fr, 21rl, 21rr, steering wheel angle θH is detected by a steering wheel angle sensor 22, lateral acceleration actually arising in the vehicle (hereafter referred to as actual lateral acceleration) (d2y/dt2) is detected by a lateral acceleration sensor 23, yaw rate γ actually arising in the vehicle (hereafter referred to as actual yaw rate) is detected by a yaw rate sensor 24, accelerator opening degree θACC is detected by an accelerator opening degree sensor 25, engine speed NE is detected by an engine speed sensor 26, and these values are input to the drive power distribution control section 30.
Based on each of the input signals described above, the drive power distribution control section 30 then calculates front and rear wheel drive power distribution used by the transfer clutch 15 as transfer torque TLSD, and outputs to the transfer clutch drive section 31.
Specifically, as shown in
The vehicle speed calculating section 32 receives as input wheel speeds ωfl, ωfr, ωrl and ωrr of each of the wheels 14fl, 14fr, 14rl, 14rr from four wheel speed sensors, namely each of the wheel speed sensors 21fl, 21fr, 21rl and 21rr. Vehicle speed V(=(ωfl+ωfr+ωrl+ωrr)/4) is then calculated, for example, by calculating an average of these values, and is output to the first transfer torque calculating section 33, the second transfer torque calculating section 34 and the third transfer torque calculating section 35.
The first transfer torque calculating section 33 receives as inputs actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, accelerator opening degree θACC from the accelerator opening degree sensor 25, engine speed Ne from the engine speed sensor 26 and vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32. From these input signals, the first transfer torque calculating section 33 then calculates input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI as engaging torque corresponding to the input torque from the engine and outputs to the transfer torque calculating section 36.
Specifically, as shown in
The engine torque reference value calculating section 41 receives as inputs the accelerator opening degree θACC from the accelerator opening degree sensor 25, and engine speed NE from the engine speed sensor 26. Based on the accelerator opening degree θACC and the engine speed NE, the engine torque is obtained by referencing a previously provided engine characteristic map, and this engine torque is output to the engine torque calculating section 42 as engine torque reference value TEGO.
The engine torque calculating section 42 receives as input the engine torque reference value TEGO from the engine torque reference value calculating section 41. Engine torque TEG is then calculated from equation (1) or equation (2) below, and output to the input torque calculating section 44.
Specifically, a fixed time is taken from operating the accelerator until it shows up in engine torque, and particularly in a supercharged engine, when the accelerator is stepped on, compared to when the accelerator is released time is taken for variation to appear in the engine speed. Taking this into consideration, by having a delay characteristics where delay time constant is varied for when the engine torque is increasing and when engine torque is decreasing, so that delay is made large by setting the delay time constant large when engine torque is increasing and delay is made small by setting the time constant small when engine torque is decreasing, engine torque TEG can be obtained with good precision.
In this way, in estimating engine torque TEG, by using separate time constants for increasing and decreasing engine torque it is possible to appropriately estimate input torque TCD to the transfer clutch 15 which will be described later, according to transition characteristics of the engine, there is only a slight delay in the rising of the input torque TCD when the accelerator is ON, and it is possible to improve cornering.
The transmission gear ratio calculating section 43 receives as inputs the engine speed NE from the engine speed sensor 26, and vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32. Transmission gear ration GTM is then calculated using the following equation (3) and output to the input torque calculating section 44.
GTM=(NE·Rt)/((V/3.6)·Gfin) (3)
where Rt is tire diameter, and Gfin is final gear ratio.
The input torque calculating section 44 is input with engine torque TEG from the engine torque calculating section 42, and input with transmission gear ration GTM from the transmission gear ratio calculating section 43, calculated input torque TCD from equation (4) below, and outputs the calculated input torque to the first input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 45, and the second input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 46.
TCD=TEG·GTM (4)
The first input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 45 receives as inputs the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, and input torque TCD from the input torque calculating section 44, and calculates a first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 from either of the following equations (5) to (8) according to the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2)
Specifically, when (d2y/dt2)≦(d2yL/dt2) first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated using input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRL1.
Also, when (d2yL/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yM/dt2), first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated by interpolating between (d2yL/dt2) and (d2yM/dt2) using input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRL1 and TBRM1.
Further, when (d2yM/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yH/dt2), first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated by interpolating between (d2yM/dt2) and (d2yH/dt2) using input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRM1 and TBRH1.
Also, when (d2y/dt2)>(d2yH/dt2) first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated using input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRH1.
The second input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 46 receives as inputs the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, and input torque TCD from the input torque calculating section 44, and calculates a second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 from either of the following equations (9) to (13) according to the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2).
Specifically, the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is larger than TCD0, is set in a region of input torque TCD where the role of the transfer 3 will be required more, and when (d2y/dt2)≦(d2yL/dt2) the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated using input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRL2.
Also, when (d2yL/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yM/dt2), second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated by interpolating between (d2yL/dt2) and (d2yM/dt2) using input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRL2 and TBRM2.
Further, when (d2yM/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yH/dt2), second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated by interpolating between (d2yM/dt2) and (d2yH/dt2) using input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRM2 and TBRH2.
Also, when (d2y/dt2)>(d2yH/dt2), second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated using input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRH2.
The input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 47 receives as inputs the first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 from the first input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 45, and the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 from the second input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 46. Input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI is then calculated using equation (14) below, and output to the transfer torque calculating section 36.
TLSDI=TLSDI1+TLSDI2 (14)
In this manner, the characteristic of the input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI calculated by the first transfer torque calculating section 33 is shown in
The second transfer torque calculating section 34 receives as inputs steering wheel angle θH from the steering wheel angle sensor 22, actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, actual yaw rate γ from the yaw rate sensor 24 and vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32. The second transfer torque calculating section 34 then estimates a yaw moment applied to the vehicle from these input signals and calculates steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDP as engaging torque corresponding to this yaw moment, and outputs to the transfer torque calculating section 36.
Specifically, as shown in
The basic additional yaw moment setting section 51 receives as inputs steering wheel angle θH from the steering wheel angle sensor 22, (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, and actual yaw rate γ from the yaw rate sensor 24. On the basis of these signals the basic additional yaw moment Mzθ is then calculated, and output to the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque calculating section 56.
The configuration of the basic additional yaw moment setting section 51 will be described in the following based on
The lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain calculating section 61 is input with vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32, calculates lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain Gy using equation (15) below, and outputs to the lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain calculating section 62 and the reference lateral acceleration calculating section 65.
Gy=(1/(1+A·V2))·(V2/L)·(1/n) (15)
where A is stability factor, L is wheelbase and n is steering gear ratio.
The lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain calculating section 62 is input with lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain Gy from the lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain calculating section 61. Then, in a state where steering is not completely effective on a road of extremely low μ (γ=0, (d2y/dt2)=0), lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain Ky is calculated using equation (16) below, with a criterion being that a value where Mzθ (steady value)=0 is a maximum value, and outputs to the basic additional yaw moment calculating section 67.
Ky=Kθ/Gy (16)
The yaw rate/steering wheel angle gain calculating section 63 is input with vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32. Yaw rate/steering wheel angle gain Gγ is then calculated using equation (17) below, and outputs to the yaw rate sensitive gain calculating section 64.
Gγ=(1/(1+A·V2))·(V/L)·(1/n) (17)
The yaw rate sensitive gain calculating section 64 is input with yaw rate/steering wheel angle gain Gγ from the yaw rate/steering wheel angle gain calculating section 63. Then, taking into consideration yaw rate sensitive gain Kγ that becomes Mzθ (steady value)=0 at the time of grip driving (lateral acceleration deviation (d2ye/dt2)=0), setting is performed using equation (18) below, and outputs to the basic additional yaw moment calculating section 67.
Kγ=Kθ/Gγ (18)
where Kθ is steering angle sensitive gain, and is obtained from the following equation (19).
Kθ=(Lf·Kf)/n (19)
where Lf is the distance between the front axle and the center of gravity, and Kf is equivalent cornering power of the front axle.
The reference lateral acceleration calculating section 65 receives as input steering wheel angle θH from the steering wheel angle sensor 22, actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, and lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain Gy from the lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain calculating section 61. Reference lateral acceleration (d2yr/dt2) representing a relationship between estimated lateral acceleration and actual lateral acceleration is then calculated using the following equation (20) based on a linear vehicle driving model from the driving conditions of the vehicle.
(d2yr/dt2)=(1/(1+Ty·s))·(d2yss/dt2) (20)
where s is a differential operator, Ty is a primary delay time constant for lateral acceleration, (d2yss/dt2) is a signed reference lateral acceleration not taking account of delay, and this signed reference lateral acceleration not taking account of delay (d2yss/dt2) is set in the following manner.
Specifically, (d2yx/dt2) is pseudo lateral acceleration causing saturation of the reference lateral acceleration, and is calculated using equation (23) or equation (24) below.
where θ HMax is maximum steering angle. If this pseudo lateral acceleration (d2yx/dt2) causing saturation of reference lateral acceleration set using equation (23) or equation (24) is shown as a characteristic diagram, it will be as shown in
Also, unsigned lateral acceleration linearly calculated for steering wheel angle is made as (d2ysl/dt2), and calculated using the following equation (25).
(d2ysl/dt2)=Gy·|θH| (25)
If a difference of (d2yx/dt2) from (d2ysl/dt2) is made as (d2yd/dt2)(=(d2ysl/dt2)−(d2yx/dt2)), unsigned reference lateral acceleration (d2ysm/dt2) saturated by (d2yx/dt2) is calculated using the following equation (26) or equation (27).
In this way, a characteristic for reference lateral acceleration (d2yr/dt2) representing a relationship between lateral acceleration estimated based on a linear vehicle driving model from the set driving conditions of the vehicle and actual lateral acceleration is as shown in
The lateral acceleration deviation calculating section 66 is input with actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, and is input with reference lateral acceleration (d2yr/dt2) from the reference lateral acceleration calculating section 65. Lateral acceleration deviation (d2ye/dt2) is then calculated using equation (28) below, and outputs to the basic additional yaw moment calculating section 67.
(d2ye/dt2)=(d2y/dt2)−(d2yr/dt2) (28)
The basic additional yaw moment calculating section 67 is input with steering wheel angle θH from the steering wheel angle sensor 22, actual yaw rate γ from the yaw rate sensor 24, lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain Ky from the lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain calculating section 62, yaw rate sensitive gain Kγ from the yaw rate sensitive gain calculating section 64, and lateral acceleration deviation (d2ye/dt2) from the lateral acceleration deviation calculating section 66.
Basic additional yaw moment Mzθ is then calculated from equation (29) below, and outputs to the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque calculating section 56.
Mzθ=−Kγ·γ+Ky·(d2ye/dt2)+Kθ·θH (29)
Specifically, as shown in equation (29), the term −Kγ·γ is yaw moment sensed on yaw rateγ, the term Kθ·θH is yaw moment sensed on steering angle θH, and the term Ky·(d2ye/dt2) is a corrected value for yaw moment. Therefore, in the case of steering with a large lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) on a high μ road, the additional yaw moment Mzθ is also a large value and it is possible to improve driving performance. On the other hand, with travel on a low μ road, with respect to additional yaw moment Mzθ, cornering becomes good because additional yaw moment Mzθ is reduced by the correction operation described above, and stable traveling performance is obtained.
Returning to
As is clear from
The vehicle slip angular velocity calculating section 53 receives as inputs actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, actual yaw rateγ from the yaw rate sensor 24, vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32, and low-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVv1 from the low-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain setting section 52.
Vehicle slip angular velocity (dβ/dt) is calculated using equation (30) below, and the vehicle slip angular velocity calculating section 53 outputs to the vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain setting section 54.
(dβ/dt)=KVv1·|((d2y/dt2)/V)−γ| (30)
The vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain setting section 54 is input with vehicle slip angular velocity (dβ/dt) from the vehicle slip angular velocity calculating section 53.
Then, basic vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)0 and return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L are calculated, and in a range not exceeding 1.0 the smaller of the two is set as vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt) and outputs to the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque calculating section 56.
Specifically, the basic vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)0 is set by referring to the map shown in
Also, return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L is calculated using equation (31) below.
KV(dβ/dt)L(k)=KV(dβ/dt)L(k−1)+ΔKV(dβ/dt)·Δt (31)
where KV(dβ/dt)L(k) is return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain for this time, KV(dβ/dt) (k−1) is vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain for the previous time, ΔKV(dβ/dt) is vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain return gradient (a constant, for example 0.3), and Δt is calculation period.
With respect to the return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L expressed by equation (31) above, with the meaning of
For example, as shown in
At that time, as shown in
The high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain setting section 55 is input with actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) from the lateral acceleration sensor 23, and is input with vehicle speed V from the vehicle speed calculating section 32.
Then, first of all a vehicle speed sensitive term KVvhv of the high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvh is set using the following equation (32), or equation (33) or equation (34).
High-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvh is set on the following equation (35), or equation (36) or equation (37), based on the above mentioned vehicle speed sensitive term KVvhv of high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvh.
A characteristic drawing for the high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvh acquired using the above mentioned equations (35) to (37) is shown in
The steering wheel angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque calculating section 56 is input with steering wheel angle θH from the steering wheel angle sensor 22, basic additional yaw moment Mzθ from the basic additional yaw moment setting section 51, low-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvl from the low-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain setting section 52, vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt) from the vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain setting section 54, and high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvh from the high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain setting section 55.
Additional yaw moment MVzθ is then calculated from equation (38) below, steering wheel angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDP is calculated from equation (39) or equation (40) below, and the two values are output to the transfer torque calculating section 36.
MVzθ=KVzθ·KVv1·KVvh·KV(dβ/dt)·Mzθ (38)
where KVzθ is gain deciding an assist amount, and is a constant (for example 1).
On the other hand, returning to
Then, when the following conditions are satisfied, tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD to be added is calculated using equation (41) below, and output until the following releasing conditions are established.
Here, execution conditions for calculating and outputting tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD are when accelerator opening degree this time is 0, and accelerator opening degree the previous time was larger than 0, and there is a high speed turning state (for example, (d2y/dt2)>3, and V>40 km/h).
Also, the releasing conditions are when accelerator opening degree this time is larger than zero or V≦40 km/h.
TLSDD=TLSDD0·((V−VDoff)/(Vc−VDoff))·(((d2y/dt2)−(d2y/dt2)Doff)/((d2y/dt2)c−(d2y/dt2)Doff)) (41)
where TLSDD0 is a reference value obtained in advance by experimentation, and is a reference value capable of controlling tack-in when traveling such that with vehicle speed at Vc, lateral acceleration becomes (d2y/dt2)c. Also, VDoff and (d2y/dt2)Doff are respectively vehicle speed and lateral acceleration for releasing tack-in control. Incidentally, equation (41) is only one example of an equation for obtaining tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD, and it is also possible to have other equations.
In this manner, in the present embodiment, it is possible to effectively prevent a tack-in phenomenon using feed forward control in response to vehicle speed V and lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) utilizing the tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD from the third transfer torque calculating section 35.
The tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD calculated by the third transfer torque calculating section 35 is then output to the transfer torque calculating section 36.
The transfer torque calculating section 36 receives as inputs the input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI from the first transfer torque calculating section 33, and the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDI from the second transfer torque calculating section 34, and the tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD from the third transfer torque calculating section 35. Transfer torque TLSD is then calculated using equation (42) below, and output to the transfer clutch drive section 31.
TLSD=TLSDI+TLSDP+TLSDD (42)
Next, drive power distribution control in the drive power distribution control section 30 having the above described configuration will be described with the flowcharts of
The flowchart of
Next, processing advances to S102, and necessary parameters, namely vehicle speed V etc., are calculated by the vehicle speed calculating section 32 etc.
Processing then advances to S103 where the first transfer torque is calculated, and the input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI is calculated using the first transfer torque calculating section 33. This calculation of the input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI will be explained later with the flowchart of
Next, processing advances to S104 where the second transfer torque is calculated, and the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDP is calculated using the second transfer torque calculating section 34. This calculation of the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDP will be explained later with the flowchart of
Processing then advances to S105 where the third transfer torque is calculated, and the tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD is calculated using the third transfer torque calculating section 34. This calculation of the tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD will be explained later with the flowchart of
Next, processing advances to S106 where transfer torque TLSD is calculated by the transfer torque calculating section 36 using the previously mentioned equation (42), this value is output to the transfer clutch drive section 31, and the program exits.
Processing then advances to S202, where the engine torque calculating section 42 calculates engine torque TEG from previously mentioned equation (1) or equation (2). Incidentally, this calculation of the engine torque TEG will be explained later with the flowchart of
Next, processing advances to S203, where the transmission gear ratio calculating section 43 calculates transmission gear ratio GTM from previously mentioned equation (3). Next, processing advances to S204, where the input torque calculating section 44 calculates input torque TCD from previously mentioned equation (4).
Processing then advances to S205, where the first input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 45 calculates first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 from either of the above described equations (5) to (8). This calculation of the first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 will be explained later with the flowchart of
Processing then advances to S206, where the second input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 46 calculates second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 from either of the above described equations (9) to (13). This calculation of the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 will be explained later with the flowchart of
Next, processing advances to S207 where the input torque sensitive transfer torque calculating section 47 calculates input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI using the previously mentioned equation (14), and the routine exits.
As a result of the comparison of S301, when TEG0(k)>TEG(k−1) and it is determined that engine torque is increasing, processing advances to S302 where delay time constant TEGT is set to a delay time constant to the engine torque increasing side TEGTu (for example, 0.5), processing advances to S304 where the engine torque TEG is calculated from above described equation (1) using this engine torque increasing side delay time constant TEGTu, and the routine exits.
As a result of the comparison of S301, when TEG0(k)≦TEG(k−1) and it is determined that engine torque is decreasing, processing advances to S303 where delay time constant TEGT is set to a delay time constant to the engine torque decreasing side TEGTd (for example, 0.2), processing advances to S304 where the engine torque TEG is calculated from above mentioned equation (2) using this engine torque decreasing side delay time constant TEGTd, and the routine exits.
When the result of the comparison of S401 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is less than or equal to the constant (d2yL/dt2) ((d2y/dt2)≦((d2yL/dt2)), processing advances to S402 where the first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated from equation (5) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRL1, and the routine exits.
Also, if the result of comparison in S401 is that actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is a greater value than the constant (d2yL/dt2) ((d2y/dt2)>(d2yL/dt2)), processing advances to S403 where comparison is made between actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) and the constant (d2yM/dt2) (>(d2yL/dt2)).
When the result of the comparison of S403 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is less than or equal to the constant (d2yM/dt2) ((d2yL/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yM/dt2)) processing advances to S404 where the first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated from equation (6) above by interpolation between (d2yL/dt2) and (d2yM/dt2) using the input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRL1 and TBRM1, and the routine exits.
Also, if the result of comparison in S403 is that actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is a greater value than the constant (d2yM/dt2) ((d2y/dt2)>(d2yM/dt2)), processing advances to S405 where comparison is made between actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) and the constant (d2yH/dt2)(>(d2yM/dt2)).
When the result of the comparison of S405 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is less than or equal to the constant (d2yH/dt2)((d2yM/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yH/dt2)) processing advances to S406 where the first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated from equation (7) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRM1 and TBRH1 by interpolation between (d2yM/dt2) and (d2yH/dt2), and the routine exits.
Also, when the result of the comparison of S405 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is a larger value than the constant (d2yH/dt2) ((d2y/dt2)>(d2yH/dt2)), processing advances to S407 where the first input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI1 is calculated from equation (8) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRH1, and the routine exits.
When the result of this comparison in S501 is that the input torque TCD is less than or equal to the constant TCD0, (TCD≦TCD0), processing advances to S502 where equation (9) above is implemented, namely TLSDI2=0, and the routine exits.
Also, if the result of this comparison in S501 is that the input torque TCD is larger than the constant TCD0 (TCD>TCD0) processing advances to S503.
In S503, comparison between actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) and the constant (d2yL/dt2) is carried out. When the result of the comparison of S503 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is less than or equal to the constant (d2yL/dt2)((d2y/dt2)≦(d2yL/dt2)), processing advances to S504 where the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated from equation (10) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRL2, and the routine exits.
Also, if the result of comparison in S503 is that actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is a greater value than the constant (d2yL/dt2) ((d2y/dt2)>(d2yL/dt2)), processing advances to S505 where comparison is made between actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) and the constant (d2yM/dt2)(>(d2yL/dt2)).
When the result of the comparison of S505 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is less than or equal to the constant (d2yM/dt2) ((d2yL/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yM/dt2)), processing advances to S506 where the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated from equation (11) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRL2 and TBRM2 by interpolation between (d2yL/dt2) and (d2yM/dt2), and the routine exits.
Also, if the result of comparison in S505 is that actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is a greater value than the constant (d2yM/dt2) ((d2y/dt2)>(d2yM/dt2)), processing advances to S507 where comparison is made between actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) and the constant (d2yH/dt2)(>(d2yM/dt2)).
When the result of the comparison of S507 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is less than or equal to the constant (d2yH/dt2) ((d2yM/dt2)<(d2y/dt2)≦(d2yH/dt2)), processing advances to S508 where the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated from equation (12) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constants TBRM2 and TBRH2 by interpolation between (d2yM/dt2) and (d2yH/dt2), and the routine exits.
Also, when the result of the comparison of S507 is that the actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is a larger value than the constant (d2yH/dt2)((d2y/dt2)>(d2yH/dt2)), processing advances to S509 where the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2 is calculated from equation (13) above using the input torque sensitive proportional constant TBRH2, and the routine exits.
Next, processing advances to S602 where the low-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain setting section 52 sets low-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVv1.
Processing next advances to S603, where the vehicle slip angular velocity calculating section 53 calculates vehicle slip angular velocity (dβ/dt) using equation (30) described above.
Processing then advances to S604, where the vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain setting section 54 sets vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt). The setting of the vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt) will be described later with the flowchart of
Next, processing advances to S605 where the high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain setting section 55 sets high-speed-travel vehicle speed sensitive gain KVvh.
Processing then advances to S606 and the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque calculating section 56 calculates additional yaw moment MVzθ from equation (38) above, and advances to S607 where the steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDP is calculated from equation (39) or equation (40) above, and the routine exits.
Next, processing advances to S702, where the yaw rate sensitive gain calculating section 64 calculates yaw rate sensitive gain Kγ from previously mentioned equation (18).
Processing then advances to S703 where the lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain calculating section 61 calculates lateral acceleration/steering wheel angle gain Gy using equation (15) above.
Next processing advances to S704, where the lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain calculating section 62 calculates lateral acceleration deviation sensitive gain Ky from equation (16) above.
Next processing advances to S705, where the reference lateral acceleration calculating section 65 calculates reference lateral acceleration (d2yr/dt2) from equation (20) above.
Processing then advances to S706, where the lateral acceleration deviation calculating section 66 calculates lateral acceleration deviation (d2ye/dt2) using equation (28) above.
Processing then advances to S707, where the basic additional yaw moment calculating section 67 calculates the basic additional yaw moment Mzθ using equation (29), and the routine exits.
Processing next advances to S802, where the return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV (dβ/dt)L is calculated from equation (31) above.
Next, processing advances to S803, where it is determined whether or not the return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L set in S802 is less than or equal to 1, and if it is less than or equal to 1 processing advances directly to S805, while if it is greater than 1 processing advances to S804 where the return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L is made 1 and processing advances to S805.
In S805, the basic vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)0 is compared with return gradient limited vehicle angular velocity sensitive gain KV (dβ/dt)L, and if basic vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)0 is smaller than the return gradient limited vehicle angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L processing advances to S806 where the basic vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)0 is set as vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt), and the routine exits.
Conversely, if basic vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)0 is greater than or equal to the return gradient limited vehicle angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L the return gradient limited vehicle angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L is set as vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt), and the routine exits.
If the result of determination in S901 is that the tack-in prevention control is not being executed, processing advances to S902 where it is determined whether or not accelerator opening degree θACC is 0. If accelerator opening degree θACC is 0, processing advances to S903, where it is determined whether or not accelerator opening degree θACC the time before was larger than 0, and if it was larger than 0 processing advances to S904, where it is determined whether or not lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) is larger than a set value (d2y/dt2)Doff, processing advances to S905 if it is larger than the set value (d2y/dt2)Doff, where it is determined whether or not vehicle speed V is larger than a set value VDoff, and if vehicle speed V is larger than the VDoff processing advances to S906 where tack-in prevention control is executed, and the routine exits. The tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD at this time is calculated using equation (41) above. Also, if any one of S902 to S905 is not satisfied, the routine exits directly.
On the other hand, if it is determined in S901 that tack-in prevention control is being executed, processing advances to S907 where it is determined whether or not accelerator opening degree this time is greater than 0. If the result of this determination is that the accelerator opening degree this time is larger than 0, processing advances to S909 where the tack-in prevention control is released, the tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD is made 0 and the routine exits.
Also, if the determination result in S907 is the accelerator opening degree this time is less than 0 processing advances to S908, where it is determined whether or not vehicle speed V is smaller than a set value VDoff.
If the result of this determination in S909 is that the vehicle speed V is smaller than the set value VDoff, processing advances to S909 where the tack-in prevention control is released, the tack-in prevention transfer torque TLSDD is made 0 and the routine exits.
Conversely, if vehicle speed V is greater than the set value VDoff processing advances to S906 and tack-in prevention control resumes.
With this embodiment of the present invention, when input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI is obtained, in estimating engine torque TEG, by using separate time constants for increasing and decreasing engine torque it is possible to appropriately estimate input torque TCD to the transfer clutch 15, according to transition characteristics of the engine, there is only a slight delay in the rising of the input torque TCD when the accelerator is ON, and improvement in cornering is possible.
Also, with the input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI, when obtaining transfer torque TLSD for the transfer clutch 15, in a region where input torque TCD is large, amount of variation is changed by adding the second input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI2, which means that a larger transfer torque is added so that limited slip differential force is not insufficient when critical traveling at a low μ road, and it is possible to obtain stabilized grip force.
When obtaining input torque sensitive transfer torque TLSDI also, for actual lateral acceleration (d2y/dt2) by preparing three torque lines as reference, it is possible to achieve conformity of low μ road travel and high μ road travel simply.
Further, since vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt) controlled by return gradient limited vehicle slip angular velocity sensitive gain KV(dβ/dt)L is used in steering angle/yaw rate sensitive transfer torque TLSDP calculated with steering angle feed forward control+yaw rate feed back control with lateral acceleration added, addition of an unnecessary turning moments in unstable and transitional states of the vehicle is reliably prevented, and front and rear drive power distribution is carried out with good precision and in a stable manner.
It is also possible to detect a tack-in phenomenon due to a driver's accelerator operation and effectively prevent the tack-in phenomenon using feed forward control.
Having described the preferred embodiments of the invention referring to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to those precise embodiments and various changes and modifications thereof could be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
Matsuno, Koji, Nagura, Tatsunori
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